A photoessay that follows the path of a diamond from the mines of Africa to the Western jewelry store. Considering the bloody path they take, the fact that most diamonds have an artificially inflated value compared to their rarity is shameful.

Writer’s Dreamtools has a timeline of events, people, entertainment, fashion, money, etc. for every decade since 1650. This allows the writer to put herself in that time period and as a jumping off point for further historical research.